Investors often overlook SEC filings, and it is the job of the 10Q Detective to dig through businesses’ 8-K and 10-Q SEC filings, looking for financial statement ‘soft spots,'(depreciation policies, warranty reserves, and restructuring charges, etc.)that may materially impact Quality of Earnings.

Monday, January 21, 2008

U.S. Equity Markets Brace for Price Plunge

World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it. Will Wall Street join the global equity markets plunge—that may usher in a bear market—when trading resumes on Tuesday?

1 comment:

Tom Selling
said...

I just wrote a post on what bear markets will mean for the economics of pension funds and how most of the losses won't be reported. You can read it, and other posts on financial reporting (including SEC developments) at www.accountingonion.com.

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